What are your plans? The rest of this post is

[knee]

What are your plans? The rest of this post is about me. Stop reading here for you bellyachers. I walked so much in the city today. I hurt all over. I need to go get ready to go out but I cannot convince myself to get off this couch!! Woooooo man. And I just watched an episode of hoarders. Which is giving me great motivation to clean my room. And not go out. And I don't want to go out. Arghhhhh promises. I am not one to cancel last minute. Blah blah. /blog.

[berkson]

No plans, yet. Kinda sucks when you're the only single person in your group of friends. And before you or anyone says go out alone, I do. I'm just tired of it.

[treadwell]

no I feel you. part of why I don't want to go everyone in my group here is married, engaged, whatever. I'm constantly the third, fifth, seventh, ninth wheel. And I can't see the one I want to tonight :( I like being with friends, don't get me wrong. But when it's always planning time and counting tickets is 2, 2, 2, 2, 2... oh and one for Anna.... blah.

[staller]

It's not that I feel like I'm the 5th, 7th, 9th, wheel, it's just that trying to make plans with couples is difficult. Me: "Hey, let's get together tonight!" Them: "Oh, we're having dinner with so and so, but we'll if we want to go out after. Have to check with so and so" Me: "OK!" *waits* *waits* So, yeah, Saturday night on Rofo it is.

[stawski]

hm. guess we have different problems then :) I'm always included in someone's plans - usually at the same time. So if we're not all hanging out together I have to choose a couple lol. Tonight is a group night. Yay! Glad to see people, but just missing having an SO there. At least it's not highschool and we're at the roller rink and they couples dance. Oooooh how embarrassing!!! :P

[proehl]

Yeah. I'm not always included sucks, but what can you do?

[fleece]

why don't you go out alone? I KEED I KEED!!! ok that was a bad joke. I would just start to get people to agree to concrete plans in advance. Like - I would like to go to dinner with you and Nancy in two weeks. Are you free? If yes, send a "hey thanks for agreeing to dinner look forward to it" email or note or whatever and then keep reminding them. Bring it up in conversation. Oh hey for next week I was thinking Thai, sound good? People get so wrapped up in their personal relationship they forget other peoples' time is valuable and don't see that breaking plans is disrespectful.

[berkson]

I can't even get them to plan 2 weeks in advance! For the most part, it's always having to check with their SO and usually I won't get a response until maybe a few days in advance. I understanding checking in with SO's as I was ONCE with someone, but sometimes this singleton life is tiresome. I'm not lonely, but I'm tired of going out alone and reserving a table for one.

[Lazlo]

see if you can get them to commit to an earlier response. they talk to them every day don't they? Be like ok check with Nancy but can you please let me know by Tuesday? And follow up on Tuesday. And if they haven't - well thanks but it seems like you two are really busy and we'll have to hang out another time. If you let them do it to you over and over because you never object and are always available when they do last minute - why would they change that behavior? It's quite convenient... for them.

[levering]

I understand where you're getting at, but it's also tiresome that I have to do that each and every time. Now it sounds like I'm complaining about them! I'm not. I love them dearly. It just sucks to sit around at home waiting to see if they remember to me if they DO go out.

[powelson]

they might just have to be trained :D and sometimes a little heart to heart is all it takes too hey sometimes I feel like an afterthought. That doesn't feel great. If a friend said that to me... wow would I change my ways immediately. Good luck. I have to go. And have a good night tonight :)

[vaughn]

to take a bottle of peptobismal so my belly will stop aching

[leclercq]

I have one more load of whites and another page of homework due tuesday.

[macknight]

do you use bleach? I never have. Random fact. What subject for the homework?